Genetic disorder

from a genetic disorder called the Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC). Apparently, this disorder blocks the body’s ability to break down ammonia, which is found in the liver. The patient has been preventing further damage in his body by going on specialized drugs and maintaining a strict no protein diet. Early 1990s, the human gene therapy is currently being practiced, it’s an attempt to change the genetic make-up of the patient, in which, researchers will inject a virus with a genetic…

William Murray BI242 Professor DiStefano September 20, 2014 Tracking the OCD gene As proven in many studies, genetics can have a great impact in our social behavior. For example, I recently participated on a study in fly courtship. We set out to find the impact on the amount of courtship of changing a different genes effecting fly behavior. We compared the courtship index between normal wild type flies to curly wing flies, FraxE flies, and flies with a change in the lilli gene. We did this…

The Dilemma of Genetic Superhumans According to the words of Potter Stewart, “Ethics is the difference between knowing what you have the right to do and knowing what is right to do,” (Stewart). Such morals have kept the ship of society afloat since the early stages of civilization. Meanwhile, a common cause of concern today is the scientific advancement of gene editing. Though diseases can be cured with such technology, the negative effects greatly outweigh the advantages. Genetic engineering is…

gene therapy passes down the corrected gene to next generations. This procedure inserts the corrected gene into the reproductive cells, so that it can be inherited. Therefore, genetic disorder will not be inherited. Moreover, almost all genetic diseases are curable with gene therapy. For example, hemophilia is a genetic disorder in which missing proteins help blood to form clots. Patients diagnosed with hemophilia can lose large amounts of blood through internal bleeding and even minor cuts. In…

the role of genetics in an individual’s personality and behavior. I thought it suffice to assume that the little girl must’ve learned multiple languages from her family, which made me think in the simplest terms: “What else do we inherit from our parents?” Dan Hurley’s article was the first stimulus article that brought up the topic of genetics and other factors that contribute…

During my nursing career, I cared for a six month old infant who was diagnosed with Apert Syndrome. This was my first time hearing about the disorder. As I grew closer to the child, I learned more about his condition. This was a very sad case for me because the child was placed in foster care due to his family’s inability to complete the room in at the hospital. In this case, the child died because his trach came out. Anoxic brain injury was the result. Description Apert syndrome is a rare…

function. This technique is the future of allowing doctors to use a corrected gene by simply inserting it into the patient’s cells to treat disorders and help make the organs work properly. This minimizes the need to use drugs or perform surgery. This technique is risky, and is still undergoing experiments to make sure this is a safe and effective device. (Genetics Home Reference, 2015) (Gene Therapy; Treating Dieases by repairing genes(Book)) If a mutated or a faulty gene is found a…

means one copy of the gene in each cell is sufficient to cause progeria. Almost always occurs in people with no history of the disorder. The gene change is almost always a chance but is extremely rare. Chances with a child who already has progeria and it happening again is two-three percent. The increase is due to a condition called mosaicism, where a parent has the genetic mutation for the disease in their cells but does not have the…

identical genes found? In identical twins of course. The most scientifically accurate way of testing the impact that genetics have on a person’s beliefs, actions, personality, and other characteristics is through rearing a set of identical twins in two separate environments. Identical twins have the potential to become exactly the same person because they have almost the exact same genetic makeup. Discovering this was a total breakthrough for scientists studying the “Nature vs. Nurture Debate”.…

Down Syndrome is the most prevalent and recognizable chromosomal abnormality in live born children, with a current prevalence of 2.8 out of 1000 children born with the genetic disorder [1]. In 1866, John Langdon Down termed the condition “mongolism” before it was later termed Down syndrome in honor of his discovery. Nearly a century later, geneticists Jerome Lejeune and Patricia Jacobs reported the chromosomal abnormality for the first time in humans to be secondary to a trisomy of chromosome 21…